Each year, Australian households discard about 2.5 million metric tons of food. Most (73%) of this food waste ends up in landfill.
Environment
Oct 13, 2023
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Despite the U.S.'s perceived wealth and abundance, food security remains a public health challenge for millions of Americans. In 2021, 13.5 million U.S. households were food insecure—meaning they did not have access at ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2023
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People living in poverty often struggle from payday to payday. Those who receive government assistance, such as welfare or pensions, must manage scarce resources to make ends meet until the next payment. Researchers from ...
Social Sciences
Oct 9, 2023
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Mining brings huge social and environmental change to communities: landscapes, livelihoods and social fabric evolve alongside the industry. But what happens when the mines close? What problems face communities that lose their ...
Social Sciences
Oct 2, 2023
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Much ado about the debt ceiling the past couple months. As the issue plays on (and on and on) in the news cycle, a reset is in order. Let's get to the nuts and bolts of an issue that—believe it or don't—can be understood ...
Economics & Business
May 18, 2023
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Ever clicked on a link because of a sensationalist headline or image? Or worse, shared it on social media without even reading it? If so, you've fallen victim to what's known as clickbait, and you're probably not alone.
Social Sciences
May 2, 2023
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Businesses are more likely to win over customers if they can break down the lack of trust around digital technology, according to a new white paper from QUT's Center for Future Enterprise (CFE), which also concludes that ...
Economics & Business
Apr 21, 2023
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New research published in Regional Environmental Change has shown that as climate zones shift toward hotter and drier conditions, ecological diversity will decline, posing a major threat to terrestrial ecosystems with far-reaching ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 20, 2023
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People around the globe are so dependent on the internet to exercise socioeconomic human rights such as education, health care, work, and housing that online access must now be considered a basic human right, a new study ...
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2023
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The United States has long touted itself as a nation built by immigrants. Yet there has never been a precise measure of immigrants' contribution to the country's economic and technological progress. Around the time that President ...
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2023
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